Globalisation is partly responsible
for environmental damage
Globalisation, which is partly synonymous with rising
international
trade, has fostered the rapid production, trade and consumption
of material goods in unprecedented quantities. This has
weighted the ecological footprint of human activities around the
world. While it’s still difficult to assess the impact of
globalisation
on the environment, it’s quite obvious in some areas.
By increasing GHG emissions
Climate change is one of the main environmental problems, perhaps
all the more worrying because it is impossible to predict
exactly how it’s going to develop and what the consequences will
be. Its causes, however, are known. Climate change stems mostly
from the greenhouse
effect – meaning
